Over two centuries of U.S. presidents ------------------------------------------ A journey through time, charting all 45 U.S. presidents and their years in office ------------------------------------------ In office Lifespan after office Living ------------------------------------------ 1850: First documented use of presidential seal, based on President Millard Fillmore’s sketch of eagle holding olive branch and three arrows ------------------------------------------ 1790 George Washington 1789-1797 1800 John Adams 1797-1801 Jefferson and Adams die hours apart on July 4, Independence Day, in 1826 ------------------------------------------ 1810 James Madison 1809-1817 ------------------------------------------ 1820 James Monroe 1817-1825 ------------------------------------------ 1830 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 ------------------------------------------ 1840 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 William Henry Harrison 1841-1841 John Tyler 1841-1845 James k.Polk 1845-1849 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 First president to die in office – succumbs to pneumonia one month after being sworn in War hero dies 16 months into his presidency ------------------------------------------ 1850 Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 James Buchanan 1857-1861 ------------------------------------------ 1860 Abraham Lincon 1861-1865 Apr 14, 1865: Shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theatre, Washington DC, one month into second term. Dies eight hours later Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 ------------------------------------------ 1870 Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 U.S. has six living presidents ------------------------------------------ 1880 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 James Garfield 1881-1881 Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 Grover Cleveland 1885-89/1893-97 Only president to lose re-election bid but later regain presidency July 2, 1881: Shot in back by Charles J. Guiteau in Washington DC railroad station. Dies 11 weeks later ------------------------------------------ 1890 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 William McKinley 1897-1901 Sep 6, 1901: Shot twice in abdomen by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York. Dies eight days later. Secret Service ordered to protect presidents ------------------------------------------ 1900 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1913 ------------------------------------------ 1910 William Howard Taft 1909-1913 ------------------------------------------ 1920 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 Dies in office Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 ------------------------------------------ 1930 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 ------------------------------------------ 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 Only president elected more than twice – he dies one month into his fourth term following brain haemorrhage 1951: 22nd Amendment limits president to only two four-year terms in office 1949-1952: White House rebuilt under orders of President Truman ------------------------------------------ 1950 Harry S. Truman 1945-1953 ------------------------------------------ 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961 1961-1962: Jacqueline Kennedy oversees historical redecoration of interior John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969 Nov 22, 1963: Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald as motorcade drives through Dallas, Texas. Pronounced dead 30 minutes later ------------------------------------------ 1970 Richard Nixon 1969-1977 Gerald Ford 1974-1977 ------------------------------------------ 1980 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 ------------------------------------------ 1990 George H.W. Bush 1989-1993 U.S. has six living presidents ------------------------------------------ 2000 Bill Clinton 1993-2011 George W. Bush 2001-2009 ------------------------------------------ 2010 Barack Obama 2009-2017 ------------------------------------------ 2020 Donald Trump 2017-present ------------------------------------------ Sources: Charles Apple (The Spokesman-Review), The White House Pictures: AP, Aaron Kittredge (Pexels), Creative Commons © GRAPHIC NEWS